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Two nights later, the riots intensified. The industries in the southeast controlled by Qiao Rui had been completely affected. Some adventurers even began to set their sights on the underground black market. It was because of the repeated battles with the armed guards of the underground black market that the spread of the riots to the southwest was delayed.

However, this afternoon, Zhang Wei could see through the window that adventurers had appeared in his neighborhood to loot and plunder.

That night, there were rhythmic knocks on the rolling door. Zhang Wei came to the second-floor window and looked downstairs. He saw a man in a black robe knocking on the rolling door gently while looking around vigilantly, as if he was afraid of being discovered.

"Who is it?" Zhang Wei came to the first floor and asked.

"It's me, the tax officer." The tax officer answered Zhang Wei's question softly outside.

Zhang Wei didn't expect that the tax officer would actually come to his door. He took two steps forward and pulled up the rolling shutter door.

When the rolling shutter was halfway opened, the tax officer outside the door could not wait to crawl in, completely losing his image.

The tax officer who entered the store turned around and impatiently pulled down the rolling shutter door. After seeing Zhang Wei locked the door, he breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground gasping for breath.

Zhang Wei walked up to the tax officer without any hesitation and pulled down his robe and hat, revealing the tax officer's real appearance.

"It's really you." Zhang Wei squatted in front of the tax officer. He stepped forward and pinched the tax officer's face to prevent someone from using disguise or wearing a mask to impersonate the tax officer.

The tax officer pushed Zhang Wei's hand away and said, "Don't worry, it's not fake."

As the tax officer spoke, he took out his official seal to prove his identity.

"Adventurers all over the city are looking for you. Why do you come to me instead of seeking refuge in the Baron's Mansion?" Zhang Wei wanted to know why the tax collector would really come to his door on his own initiative as the bespectacled male magician said.

"I went there, but they didn't let me in. Do you have any water?" The tax officer asked Zhang Wei for some water.

"Yes, yes." Zhang Wei slowly stood up and walked to the counter, holding a kettle in one hand and a cup in the other. He returned to the tax officer and poured a glass of water for him.

The tax officer took the cup of water and drank it all in one gulp. Still thirsty, he took the kettle from Zhang Wei and drank directly from it, not caring that the boiled water was wetting his clothes along the corners of his mouth.

The tax collector, who had finally drunk enough water, hugged the kettle in his arms and cursed, "Those bastards are hoping that I will be killed by adventurers so that they can divide up my property. They also sold my refuge to adventurers. Now my wife and children are in danger of death, and my personal guards are either dead or escaped. There is no place for me in the entire barony!"

"Then why do you come to my place? Aren't you afraid that I will sell you out?" Zhang Wei pulled a chair and sat down.

"You won't," the tax officer looked up at Zhang Wei and smiled, "I only realized it after someone reminded me. Even if the entire barony wanted me dead, you'd be the only one who wouldn't."

"Why?" Zhang Wei asked knowingly. He certainly knew why.

"Because of Cripple. I am the only one who knows where Cripple and Shaqiang are, and I am the only one who can restrain them and prevent them from hurting the two kidnapped women." The tax collector laughed even more happily.

"Let me think about it. You have sent them to the Viscount's Territory a long time ago. So even if we turn the Baron's Territory upside down, it is impossible to find them. And without your assistance, we can't do anything to them, right?" Zhang Wei bent down to get closer to the tax officer.

"It's help," the tax officer corrected Zhang Wei's wording, and continued, "We can help each other. You escort me to the Viscount's office to meet the Baron, and I'll tell you where the cripple is hiding, and I'll return the two women to you intact."

"No," Samantha suddenly walked down the stairs. She said, "We are not only adventurers now, but also soldiers of the territory. If we want to leave here, we need a pass from the Adventurer's Guild and a military transfer order. Otherwise, it would be considered desertion. We cannot afford to be expelled from the guild and labeled as deserters by the kingdom!"

"You see, it's difficult for us too." Zhang Wei leaned back in his chair with an embarrassed expression.

The tax officer knew that Zhang Wei was trying to raise the price, so he took out a token and said, "This is the temporary territory token that the Baron gave me before he went to report on his duties. When the territory is in danger, I have the power to take over the ruling of the territory and mobilize the territory's army. You are part of the army, and if you obey the transfer order, you will not be expelled or judged as a rebel."

Zhang Wei was not satisfied with the tax officer's statement. This was not what he wanted, so he evaded the question by saying, "Why don't you lead your troops to suppress the rebellion quickly? Or you can ask the centurion to send troops to the Viscount's territory to ask for help."

"Even if he is willing to give me soldiers, would I dare to use them? I'm afraid I'll be dead without a burial place if I just take a few steps out of the town." The tax officer smiled bitterly. He was also thinking about what benefits he could give to Zhang Wei in order to convince this bastard to escort him to find the Baron.

"Oh, I see." Zhang Wei nodded pretentiously, and then continued, "But we are also members of the guild. Now the guild and the local authorities are in such a mess. If we protect you and leave, by the time you have resolved the crisis, there is no guarantee that the guild will not come to trouble us."

"..." The tax officer was speechless. At this time, there was a sound of banging doors nearby. The tax officer was instantly frightened. He quickly said, "What conditions do you want? Tell me now!"

"Three conditions."

As soon as Zhang Wei opened his mouth, the tax officer's face darkened, but he suppressed his dissatisfaction and did not say no.

Zhang Wei was too lazy to look at the tax officer's face. If he didn't extort money from him now, when would he?

"First, we will open a store in the northeast of the city, which is your territory. You will pay for the cost of opening the store, and we will pay the baron's taxes, and your share will be waived."

When the tax officer heard this, his expression improved a lot. It was just giving a shop to Zhang Wei. He had so many businesses, so this one wouldn't be a big deal. Normally, he didn't even pay the baron's tax, but directly transferred it to others. Zhang Wei was still willing to pay taxes, which was a good relationship.

"Okay, the second one." The tax officer agreed.

"Second, we need to occupy a stall in the black market, and we have to pay every cent we owe."

"That's all?" The tax officer was a little unresponsive.

"No more, I just need a stall."

"Okay!" The tax officer also agreed. Although the black market was controlled by Qiao Rui, the Baron always liked to maintain a balance, so some of the black market business was also in his hands. As long as he could come back alive, it should not be difficult to snatch a stall from Qiao Rui.

"The third one is more difficult. However, if you can't do it, then there's no point in discussing it. Goodbye." Zhang Wei deliberately made the third condition sound very difficult, causing the tax officer to pull back his face.

"You say." The tax officer quickly prepared himself mentally to see if he could withstand Zhang Wei's big beating.

"I want a quota for establishing a private chamber of commerce and a quota for a private caravan." After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he stared at the tax officer, waiting for an answer.

"!!!"

"???"

The tax officer was shocked at first, and then his face was full of question marks. He suspected in his heart that Zhang Wei did not understand what it meant to take advantage of someone's misfortune and to extort money. Compared with his current predicament, these three conditions were simply not worth mentioning.

"If it's a nuisance, forget it. Goodbye." Zhang Wei said, and stood up to open the shutter.

"Not difficult! Not difficult! Deal, we can sign the contract now!" The tax officer stood up quickly, holding the kettle in one hand and trying to stop Zhang Wei with the other.

"Really?" Zhang Wei pretended not to believe it.

"Really!" The tax officer was so moved that he almost cried.

"Okay, then sign the contract."

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"Are we really done with this store?" Samantha looked back at the store where the Philosopher's Stone had been removed and the empty shelves inside, feeling quite reluctant.

"I didn't say no. This is the only way to keep it from being destroyed as much as possible when we are not around. If we are not around, closing the door or activating the magic defense array will only attract endless adventurers to plunder." Zhang Wei was planning to use the empty city plan.

"What if someone sets fire to vent their anger?" Qian Yuanyuan was also a little worried.

"That means our relationship has ended. Doesn't our tax officer still have a store of ours?" Zhang Wei said, looking at the tax officer beside him.

"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down. I will definitely give it to you, I will definitely give it to you. We have already signed the contract." The tax officer was worried that the three words "tax officer" would cause trouble, so he quickly asked Zhang Wei to keep his voice down.

Seeing that the tax officer was already frightened, Zhang Wei smiled and said nothing.

Along the way, the tax collector was always worried that someone would come from the town to hunt them down, so unless he was particularly tired and needed a rest, he would insist on continuing on his way.

"Ahhh!!!! Help!!!" The tax officer who was having a nightmare let out a scream and woke up from his dream.

Zhang Wei, Qian Yuanyuan and Samantha were already used to the tax officer being awakened so exaggeratedly. The three of them began to pack up tacitly, because according to the "script", the awakened tax officer would ask to set off immediately.

"Let's go quickly!!!" The awakened tax officer stood up and was about to leave. Obviously, this time was no exception.

Even when they arrived at the east gate of Jinhou Town, the tax collector still had a look of fear on his face. This abnormal behavior aroused the suspicion of the officer on duty. He came to the tax collector with his men with a vigilant look on his face and asked Zhang Wei and others to show their passes.

"This is the tax collector who has temporary ruling authority over the Barony of Bourne. We are soldiers from the territory, following his orders to escort him to meet the Baron and report on urgent military affairs." Zhang Wei said as he showed his sergeant's ID card and secretly poked the tax collector in the waist, asking him to quickly take out the token.

After the officer on duty confirmed the ID card in Zhang Wei's hand, he looked at the tax officer with a puzzled look on his face, wondering what kind of urgent military affairs could Baron Bern have...